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PAENGAWHĀWHĀ APRIL 2019 / ISSUE 90
OURAUCKLAND.NZ
E TU KIA KOTAHI
AI TATOU
—
LET US ALL
STAND AS ONE
AUCKLAND OFFERS SYMPATHY, LOVE AND SUPPORT
TO CHRISTCHURCH AND THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY
OurAuckland.nz
TO TATOU TAMAKI MAKAURAU
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BY THE
NUMBERS
500+
Number of jobs – including 200
apprenticeships – expected at a
new Wynyard Quarter marine
refit facility planned by Panuku
Development Auckland and
marine services company Orams
70%
Of Aucklanders use parks, reserves
or sports fields, 63% use walkways
MAYOR'S PHOTO: JOE HOCKLEY / SOURCES: AUCKLAND COUNCIL LOVE YOUR COMMUNITY SURVEY, PORTS OF AUCKLAND, REGIONAL FACILITIES AUCKLAND, WATERCARE; REGIONAL PARK PHOTO / JAY FARNWORTH
and cycleways and 47% use public
transport at least monthly
27%
Say they’re active within their
local community
Together, we’re
Auckland 4 million
Numbers of visitors each year
to venues operated by Regional
The tragedy in Christchurch has Out of the tragedy we have Facilities Auckland
shocked and appalled all of us. We suffered, we need to find positive
never believed something like this outcomes. One has been the
would happen in our country. outpouring of sympathy and support 4
Our sympathy, love and support by New Zealanders across the board Number of rhinos that could fit
go out to the families and community for the families and communities side by side inside Watercare’s
of the victims in Christchurch, around of the victims. There has been an planned 13km, $1.2 billion Central
New Zealand and throughout the overwhelming sense of unity across Interceptor wastewater tunnel
world. I am also aware that for the the community that whatever
Muslim community here in Auckland, your ethnicity or faith, we are New
the Christchurch attack has highlighted Zealanders and will stand alongside $185m
their feelings of vulnerability and each other. Estimated value of the cruise-ship
insecurity. This issue of OurAuckland is industry to Auckland’s economy
On behalf of Auckland Council, dedicated to the Aucklanders who
I want to assure the wider Muslim are helping to promote inclusiveness,
community that we stand with collaboration and progress in their
you and will support you in any
way we can. Our city is committed
communities. It has been fantastic to
see how people have come together in
GET CONNECTED WITH
to a multicultural and multifaith
community, which respects all people’s
support of the Muslim community and
united against the hateful ideologies
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1 2
United, we
go forward
Standing together as communities and as a nation
can help us heal and prevent the atrocities of
Christchurch from happening again, writes Ikhlaq
3
Kashkari, president of the NZ Muslim Association.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum; may peace be community of love and compassion, 1. Ikhlaq Kashkari 2. A tribute to the
upon you all. and we have proved that people who fallen 3. Messages of love Downtown
We have no words to describe commit such atrocities have failed in
the gratitude we feel for the entire their objective. Rather than dividing the mourning period at what we can do
community at this time. The love and us as a nation and as a community, to ensure that something like this does
compassion that we have received these events have brought us together. not happen ever again in New Zealand.
from all across the country and around We need to work really hard now to We will all be hurting and grieving for
the world are helping us to deal with promote the message that the vast a long time, but once we get through this
our grief. I want to say thank you to majority of people are all wanting to mourning period, we need to assess what
all New Zealanders, the Government bring up their families and do the best caused this, and what we can do to make
and all of the authorities that have they can for them, their communities sure it doesn’t happen in the future.
supported us. and the country. Hatred is not solving any problems.
The outpourings of support and We need to find better ways and Hate is only generating hate. We need
PHOTO 1 & 3 / STUFF; PHOTO 2 / BRYAN LOWE
solidarity in the aftermath of the better reasons to get together, to to see how we can counter that hate
events in Christchurch have shown just have the important conversations. A with love, with compassion, so we can
what a wonderful nation we live in and lot of things come from ignorance; actually understand and address the
just how important it is for us to come a lot of things come from people root causes of this problem and work
together in a time of such heartbreak. making assumptions that are often towards a solution.
It is so vitally important that we wrong – especially when loud fringe I am really hopeful, and actually very
continue to pull together and remain elements spread their message. And confident, that New Zealand can lead
strong as one nation of people to the messages of the vast majority of the world in that.
ensure that these sorts of atrocities people who are law-abiding citizens The world is watching and if we can
never happen again. and want to get on with their lives keep that momentum going, I’ve got
We are one big community, a aren’t heard. We have to look beyond hope, and I live in hope.
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IN YOUR
NEIGHBOURHOOD
LOOK / MAHI TAHI
(ABOVE)
The purple and yellow of
Kate Sheppard’s suffrage
ribbons from 1893 have
been captured in a playful
and interactive sculpture
in the Pukekohe Town
Square. Created by
Waiuku-based artist Jae
Kang, it is part of a public
art series in different
locations around the
city to commemorate
the 125th anniversary EXPLORE / TE MANAWA OPEN DAY EXPERIENCE /
of women’s suffrage Celebrate the opening of Westgate’s new Te Manawa EVERYBODY EATS
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full story. the kids. Saturday 6 April, 10am-2pm, 11 Kohuhu Lane. where food that would
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DIVERSITY FESTIVAL Tuesday, Wednesday and
Experience the different Thursday from 6.30pm
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Papatoetoe at the annual 1790 Great North Road,
Diversity Festival on Avondale, customers can
Saturday 6 April, 10am- pay what they like, even if
5pm, at Hayman Park. it’s nothing, for nutritious
Enjoy dazzling cultural and and freshly prepared food.
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GOT IT MASTERED
The “hugely important” master plan for the 85ha Harbourview-
Orangihina Park in Te Atatu Peninsula will guide its use
for generations to come, says Henderson-Massey Local
Board Chair Shane Henderson. Adopted after 18 months
in development, it embraces design principles that protect
the environment, create recreational opportunities and
acknowledge the past. “We can now ensure this much-loved
park’s key elements are enhanced and protected.”
IT’S ALL GO
FOR AMETI
Construction of the next stage of AMETI
(the Auckland Manukau Eastern Transport
Initiative) between Panmure and Pakuranga
begins this month. The Panmure roundabout
will be transformed into a signalised
intersection, parts of Lagoon Drive and
Pakuranga Road will be widened and a bridge
will be built over Tāmaki River for cyclists,
pedestrians and buses. Over the next two
years, there will be disruptions to some
major roads, so commuters should plan their
journeys and take advantage of off-peak
transport hours and increased rail services.
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OF YOUR LORCE
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VOLUNTEERS BUILD STRONG COMMUNITIES
Getting involved in your community isn’t hard, especially with a number of
council-funded initiatives throughout Auckland to participate in – and all at
the touch of a button.
The Auckland Council website has a wealth of information about how to get
involved, from helping out in one of the many parks through to community
GRAND DESIGNS
programmes such as monitoring shellfish stocks and planting trees. Community feedback has played a crucial
Waitākere Ward councillors Linda Cooper and Penny Hulse both help out role in the design of Metro Park West in
in their local communities and say the more the merrier. Butler Stoney Crescent, Millwater. Hibiscus
“I volunteer with the Community Patrols of New Zealand, and it's a great and Bays Local Board Chair Julia Parfitt says
experience,” says Cooper. “It's a really good cause, and I get to meet new ideas from the 101 submissions have been
people all the time who share the same passion for their community as I do.” incorporated into the plans. “The park will
Hulse says more people are needed to get involved in volunteering offer many spaces for small and large events,
opportunities, and the council website is an excellent place to start. walking and picnics. The community is very
“I often help out with the Swanson Market sausage sizzle. It’s great fun clear that the site’s natural amphitheatre,
and I know it makes a difference in the community. Getting involved in your contours and sea views must be preserved. A
local area is really rewarding so I encourage as many people as possible to hard stand will accommodate market space,
get online and check out the possibilities.” as well as temporary parking until a through
Visit aucklandcouncil.govt.nz and search ‘volunteering’ to find out what road is built.” Work will be done in stages,
opportunities are available. starting next year.
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THE BRIEFING
INFORMATION AND INSPIRATION FROM AUCKLAND COUNCIL HQ
GO WITH TRASH
TOURISM TALK
Young people are being
encouraged to work in Changes to kerbside
tourism in order to address collections for Easter
growing skills shortages in and Anzac Day:
our largest export industry.
Auckland Tourism, Events Usual collection day
& Economic Development's Mon 15 April, Tues 16
Go with Tourism site aims April, Wed 17 April or
to shift negative perceptions Thurs 18 April
about tourism careers. – no change
Visit gowithtourism.co.nz BARK UP THE RIGHT TREE
to load your profile, watch Usual day Fri 19 April
videos of industry workers – Auckland has more than across our region. – now Sat 20 April
like Oriwia Morell (below), a 100,000 registered dogs and But don’t worry – no
senior chef at Amano – take part of Auckland Council’s changes have or will be Usual day Mon 22 April
a quiz to see which jobs suits role is to ensure that dog made until we hear what – now Tues 23 April
different skills and then wait management is effective so you have to say.
to hear from an employer. the pets remain a positive Consultation on these Usual day Tues 23 April
part of Auckland life. This proposed changes is – now Wed 24 April
means balancing the needs open from 1 April until 10
of owners with measures to May. We encourage all Usual day Wed 24 April
reduce the problems dogs Aucklanders – dog owners – now Thurs 25 April
cause. and non-dog owners alike
After a review of our dog – to provide us with their Usual day Thurs 25 April
policy and bylaw, we’re feedback. – now Fri 26 April
suggesting some changes to To find out more and
improve dog management give us your thoughts, visit Usual day Fri 26 April
and provide consistent, aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/ – now Sat 27 April
easy-to-understand rules haveyoursay.Standing in
solidarity
“You are us, we are you,” said Mayor
Phil Goff at the vigil in Aotea Square to
honour the victims of the Christchurch
shootings. “We stand together, we are
one and the same.” These images show
some of the ways Aucklanders came
together to show their support and stand
up for love, diversity and inclusion.
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3
4
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1. A large crowd assembles in Aotea Square on 16 March
to remember the victims of the Christchurch mosque
shootings 2. Crowds gather on Takapuna Beach on
16 March for a vigil 3. Attendees at the Aotea Square
vigil pay their respects 4. One of many messages of
condolence that line the fence of the Al-Jamie mosque
in Ponsonby 5. People place flowers and messages
outside the Ponsonby mosque 6. Students and staff
form a heart and spell out ‘kia kaha’ (stay strong) on
the playing field of Ōrewa College 7. A mural by Paul
Walsh at Avondale Art Park in honour of teacher Naeem
Rashid, who tried to disarm the gunman and was killed
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NEED TO KNOW
Make a donation to help
those affected by the
tragedy at givealittle.co.nz,
christchurchfoundation.org.nz or
launchgood.com.
Those wanting to offer
practical help can call
Christchurch City Council on
03 941 8999 or 0800 800 169,
or email info@ccc.govt.nz.
If you or someone you know is
struggling to deal with what has
happened, free-call or text 1737
7 anytime.
HUITANGURU FEBRUARY 2019 13Growing
closer
In the wake of the tragic
shootings in Christchurch, love
has sprung forth as diverse
communities come together to
mourn and offer support. But
it shouldn't take a tragedy to
create a more inclusive world.
Love thy neighbour, love thy country-
man. That seems to be a key finding
of a survey showing people with
supportive neighbours are more likely
to trust other New Zealanders.
The 2014 New Zealand General
Social Survey (NZGSS) also found New
Zealanders who felt connected with
their neighbours were more likely to The causes include lack of access to across New Zealand who you’ll never
report feeling safer than those who public transport, lack of money to allow run into at the shops, it doesn’t help
were more socially isolated. participation in small social rituals like build real face-to-face relationships.”
Auckland’s communities are visiting a cafe, and feeling less rooted in Atkinson found people who have
changing rapidly: more of us are a community because neighbours have a sense of belonging and community
working longer hours, technology is moved away or died. For older Chinese tend to be happier, healthier and
removing the need for many personal and Koreans in particular, racism plays a live longer lives. Traditionally, this
interactions, and increasing house part in their feelings of loneliness. has applied to religious people, and
and rental prices mean we’re less Gott has partnered with Age religious affiliation has “effects on
likely to stay put and get to know our Concern during her research, and says people’s engagement in the community
neighbours in the first place. she found its accredited visiting service and how much they’re willing to
As a result, many of us can feel is an effective way to build feelings volunteer for the community”, he says.
adrift, struggling to connect with those of community – not only for the The number of people who attend
living around us. According to the 2018 elderly people visited, but also for the church regularly in New Zealand has
NZGSS, those aged 15-24 are most volunteers involved. “There’s a lot of been falling for some time, but religion
likely to feel lonely. The feeling subsides evidence from overseas that volunteers is not the only structure that can
for the next few decade age groups and can get as much, if not more, benefit encourage people to be more “pro-
then increases in old age. from participating and giving back social” and contribute more to their
So what can be done to help in this than the person receiving the support. communities. Joining local clubs can
age of isolation? Local academics say Quite often, students sign up to be produce the same sense of belonging.
volunteer work and connecting with befrienders, and that intergenerational “My general take is that be it religion or
those living nearby are key to fostering mixing is really nice.” other forms of community organisation
a sense of community and belonging. The older people liked when they – bowling clubs, tennis clubs, the
Research by University of Auckland could offer something in return, Gott RSA – it’s like recreating the village. It’s
psychology professor Chris Sibley, says. That might be an explanation of difficult to overstate the impact of that
who leads the long-term Attitudes cultural history, or English language kind of community involvement.”
and Values study in New Zealand, has lessons. She says students can also feel Currently, Auckland Council
found social connectedness is critical isolated, particularly if they’ve moved facilitates community engagement by
for mental wellbeing, and that there is a cities or countries to study. giving full-time staff a paid day off a
strong link between isolation and poor Big cities can also be isolating at year to contribute to the community
mental health. In a 2017 paper, Sibley times, so engaging with smaller groups through charities. And it supports
and four other researchers said there is also important. While the internet community activities through its
was great value in improving social has made it easier to find like-minded libraries, its many community halls
connectedness through facilitating people, fellow University of Auckland and venues, and at events such as
engagement with community groups or professor Quentin Atkinson says Neighbours Day, volunteer planting
encouraging new group memberships. research shows online interactions days, its Music and Movies in Parks
University of Auckland professor don’t create the same feeling of series and more. TESS NICHOL
GETTY IMAGES
Merryn Gott has spent more than 20 belonging as real-world connections.
years conducting research with older “You still need that real human VISIT AUCKLANDCOUNCIL.GOVT.NZ AND
people, and a recent study showed that interaction. [Even] if you’ve got this SEARCH ‘VOLUNTEER’ TO SEE WHAT YOU
loneliness was a significant issue. special interest group of people like you CAN DO TO HELP IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
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The circle of life
If you’re keen to do your bit for the environment, composting is a
good place to start. And the Compost Collective is on a mission to
help more Aucklanders make the most of their food waste.
2
You may think nothing of throwing a army of tutors speaking a multitude of
banana skin into your rubbish bin, but languages hosted 276 workshops last 1. A composting workshop at Daldy Street.
the methane generated from organic year, reaching almost 3500 people. 2. Worms turn waste into fertiliser.
waste in landfill dumps is 25 times “In a standard workshop we
more harmful to the atmosphere than introduce people to the three types Some of Lee’s neighbours have also
carbon dioxide. To help combat this of composting, which are cold signed up to the programme. “It’s a
problem, the Compost Collective was composting, the bokashi system and great way to build communities – I’ve
born, and it’s here to help Aucklanders worm farming, and help them find got to know some of the families who
help the planet – and maybe feed a what best suits their living situation. drop compost off quite well.”
local garden or two. After they attend, we send them a $40 With more and more news reports
The effort began when environmental voucher, which they can then use on of plastic piling up in the oceans, and
educators EcoMatters and Kaipātiki our website to help purchase one of with 2018 being the fourth-warmest
Project merged their composting those systems.” year on record, the collective’s
knowledge in 2015, with a goal to This community outreach work message has taken on a life of its own.
MAIN IMAGE / ECOMATTERS ENVIRONMENT TRUST; WORMS / JAY FARNWORTH
make Auckland zero waste by 2040. has done wonders for the collective “When I first started in this sector 10
"Food waste in the landfill is a massive and almost 15,000 people have got years ago, reducing waste in landfill
issue,” says Sarah Jane Murray of involved since it was launched. Now, was unheard of,” Murray says. “It
EcoMatters. “Ultimately, we’re trying people throughout the country are was a real struggle to get people to
to get Aucklanders composting at pitching in to Sharewaste, an online wake up and recognise what was
home, because it’s one way in which platform run by the collective that happening. In the past two or three
people can actually do something connects those who have compost years, especially, social media has
about climate change.” facilities with anybody who wishes to made things much more accessible for
The job is not easy. Auckland recycle their scraps. people and is really raising awareness.”
households throw out around Former council employee Richard And the size of the problem has not
90,000 tonnes of food waste each Lee, who was responsible for bringing deterred anybody at the collective
year, roughly half their total landfill. the platform from Australia to New from their goal, she says. “I’ve got the
Auckland Council plans to roll out Zealand, still uses the service to take best job in the world! We’re passionate
kerbside compost bins in urban areas his neighbours’ compost in Orewa. “I about minimising waste in landfill. This
by 2021, but more work needs to don’t even have to be at home; I have is one of the ways people can do it and
be done. For Murray, a good way to a compartment in my carport where it’s usually inexpensive to get started –
chip away at that “rugby field full people drop off their full bokashi bins which is what people are looking for.”
of waste per week” is education. An and take an empty one with them.” SAM BUTTON
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there’s plenty to do. But good communities aren’t born,
they’re made. Hayden Donnell talks to four groups of pests are feeding around the reserve.
Aucklanders striving to make their local areas better. His dedication to the task caught
the attention of Auckland Council’s
Sustainable Schools Advisor Cate Jessep
Mangemangeroa Reserve, Howick pests. His days are spent oscillating and Pest Free Howick Co-ordinator
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MANGEMANGEROA RESERVE / BRYAN LOWE; HOWICK COLLEGE ENVIROGROUP / MIKE ROOKE;
lie hidden in its groves of pōhutukawa as possible. Stranaghan says McCormick and
and harakeke and along the shores McCormick’s story is a blueprint for his group are part of a wider effort to
of its estuary. The predators have how enthusiastic locals can make a make Howick a stop-off for migrating
long stopped native birds from fully difference to their community when native birds. The initiative is part of
flourishing in the area, robbing nests given even a little bit of encouragement the Pest Free Auckland 2050 strategy,
and killing chicks. But lately they’ve and support. Though he always cared which is part-funded by the council’s
encountered stiffer resistance. More about New Zealand’s birdlife and natural environment targeted rate.
traps than usual are set around the biodiversity, his pest-control mission “It’s really just about having good
reserve’s waterfront and in its native didn’t begin until last year, when he was habitats and low pest numbers so
bush and, one by one, the predators gifted some rat traps at a ‘Pestival’ run the birds will come here from the
are being picked off. Every few weeks, a by Auckland Council at a local school. Hauraki Gulf islands,” she says. “You
group of teenagers comes to collect the He set the traps near Howick College. imagine the birds are flying in from
latest batch of carcasses. “We didn’t get much success,” he says, Little Barrier to Tiritiri Matangi; they’ve
Ethan McCormick is the student “but we did manage to catch one rat.” come across to another predator-free
trustee for the Envirogroup at It was to be the first catch of many. island on the way, and then they’ll
MURAL / POPPA G'S PICTURES
Howick College and the ringleader Inspired to keep doing what he could come [to Howick].”
of Mangemangeroa’s newest band to help Howick’s birdlife, he talked to The first trap McCormick and his
of amateur pest exterminators. He Friends of Mangemangeroa Society team checked contained a dead weasel.
and fellow group members set and member Sally Barclay, who set him In one area next to a creek, they
monitor 20 traps around the reserve, to work distributing ‘chew cards’ – collected three dead rats one week and
regularly going on two-and-a-half-hour strips of corflute coated in peanut another three a couple of weeks later.
expeditions to check them for dead butter and used to pinpoint where The impact was almost instantaneous.
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3
4
1. Looking over Mangemangeroa Reserve
2. Ethan McCormick (standing, right)
and fellow Howick College Envirogroup
members 3. A mural on Smiths Ave hall
4. Violet Slade, Mel Browne and Sarah
Tonga 5. The Papakura Intermediate
5 cultural group perform at the opening of
the Smiths Ave 3-on-3 basketball court
“The first time we went down there, up the most mothplants, an invasive was disconnected from the space.
we saw a couple of blackbirds. The weed afflicting the area. “I think it’s Slade was one of the few people who
next time, there were tūī in the trees. just taking ownership of your own went there regularly. Things started
There were fantails,” he says. “It’s quite area and getting involved because the to change in earnest about two years
amazing – the birds seem to just know results that you get are quite instant ago, after Angie Tangaere turned up.
when it’s safe to move in.” and quite amazing,” McCormick says. The Smiths Ave hall sits on the
That success had a galvanising Stranaghan spends her days talking corner of a big section. Most of
effect. McCormick stayed committed to students and community groups the property is occupied by some
to his work and was eventually given about how they can do their own pest dilapidated netball courts. A new
more pest traps. He set them in a control. Real change is going to take 3-on-3 basketball court is closer to
patch of bush behind his house, near everyone working together, she says. the hall itself. Tangaere is a social
some pōhutukawa that had visible “Everyone has to take accountability entrepreneur at the Southern
pest damage. Four possums have been and actually make a difference Initiative, a council organisation
caught so far. Stranaghan’s story is themselves. Just looking around in charged with championing social
similar. She was inspired to start her their own backyards or their local and community innovation in south
own pest-control operation after being reserves or when they’re on a walk – Auckland. When she arrived in the
given some free rat traps at a council we’re all responsible.” area, the hall and surrounding reserve
event, and went on to set between 60 had their share of problems, including
or 70 snares in her area. Smiths Ave, Papakura regular vandalism and alcohol abuse.
Both of them know that to Violet Slade is setting up for another Tangaere traces the issues back to
make a real dent in Howick’s pest event inside the Smiths Ave hall. It’s a the early 1980s, when the local
numbers, they have to keep recruiting. Tuesday morning, but she already has premiership netball competition
McCormick and his fellow Envirogroup a decent number of locals with her – moved out of the area and down the
members took the lead in organising some of them helping out, others just road to Bruce Pulman Park. “That
a ‘Pestival’ of their own at Howick catching up. Slade remembers when sucked the life out of this place
College on March 20. They gave out the hall wasn’t like this, when it was because what we were left with was a
free rat traps, just like the ones that locked up and underused and people site that was no longer fit for purpose,”
got McCormick into trapping, and ran couldn’t even find a key to get into she says. “It kind of just spiralled into
a competition to see who could dig the outdoor toilets. The community disrepair over time.”
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these flash places in town. So we try to
create what they want. If it’s a movie
night, we’ll create a movie night. If it’s
disco or dancing, we’ll try to do that.”
7
Hobsonville Point
Tangaere embarked on a programme $20-per-hour fee for hireage, which Few places in Auckland are changing as
of what she calls “deep empathy” with was a barrier for many local residents. fast as Hobsonville Point. What used
local whānau, often sitting for hours That has recently been removed by to be a sleepy area on the northern
at a time to talk about what they want Papakura Local Board and now it’s tip of the Waitematā Harbour has
for the reserve. It was an attempt to used nearly all the time. become a booming medium-density
put the concerns of a community at Mel Browne, who runs a workshop suburb in just a few years. Thousands
the centre of the efforts to remake the called Circuit Breakers every Friday of homes have been, or are being, built.
hall – to make them into co-designers. at the hall, says it has become a About 11,000 people are expected to
“We needed to put families and their place where everyone feels safe and live there by 2024 and new waterfront
lived aspirations at the centre of what comfortable. There are no gates or restaurants, bars, walkways and
we’re doing,” she says. locks, and anyone is free to turn up playgrounds are springing up.
A lot of changes came out of those anytime. “It’s such a luxury to have One of the things Hobsonville Point
meetings. The hall has new toilets. Its people walk over here,” she says. trumpets in its marketing is that though
kitchen has been upgraded. A heat “Other places, they’re locked down. it’s physically far from the city centre,
pump is going in. People know where This place, it’s open.” it’s only 35 minutes away by ferry from
the key to the outdoor toilets is now. Sarah Tonga, a Papakura local who Catalina Bay. Commuters in the area
Most visibly, the outside of the once- helps run a community lunch at the have long been able to head into and
bare building is now covered in murals hall every Saturday, says it has become back from town easily. Until recently,
painted by local and visiting artists. a refuge for some locals. Smiths Ave is though, ferry services weren’t available
There’s a pepeha connecting the hall a lower-decile area and some residents to them at weekends. It took almost
to its history and place, and nearby face complicated and difficult lives unprecedented action by the area’s
are two pieces of art that speak to the at home, she says. “A lot of youth or residents to change that.
most important change happening at children, they come because maybe Lindsey Dawson is a committee
the Smiths Ave reserve: a heart on the home is just too much. When we’re member of the Hobsonville Point
front of the building and a huge print able to open this space for them so they Residents Society. Its structure is
of the word ‘aroha’ at the rear. can come be who they want to be and unusual in Auckland. Every new resident
Slade and Tangaere say the main do some positive activities, it changes in Hobsonville joins up and pays $200
REBEKAH ROBINSON
thing that’s happened at Smiths the way they feel about life.” a year to maintain and improve the
Ave is that the hall has transformed Slade says she tries to use the hall area. “We all work together to keep
into a welcoming and inclusive to give local families experiences they [Hobsonville Point] in good nick and
place, one that serves and connects couldn’t otherwise enjoy. “Some of our keep it being a nice place to live,”
its community. It used to have a whānau can’t afford to go to some of Dawson says. “Because it’s designed to
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exciting new addition – a doll that
SWEET DREAMS speaks te reo Māori Where: Mt
Albert Library
If you have an idea that could
—
improve your community, Auckland
HIBISCUS COAST ZERO WASTE
Council might be able to help you
What: An initiative where people
make it a reality. Here are some
can recycle electronics, batteries,
community projects around the
and household appliances, many
region that have received funding:
of which often end up in landfills
Where: Whangaparāoa Community
THE WELLNESS RIDERS
Recycling Centre
What: A group inviting wāhine of
—
all ages to ride skateboards and talk
THE WAIUKU TOOL LIBRARY
wellness together Where: Across
What: A community-led initiative
Auckland Central
— restoring tools that ordinarily
would’ve been put in the landfill
THE KAIPĀTIKI PROJECT
Where: The Waiuku Zero Waste
What: A community-led
Building, Hosking Place
initiative aimed at carrying out
—
environmental education and
COMMUNITY GARDENS
restoring native bush reserves
What: Public gardens are being
Where: Lauderdale Rd, Birkdale
— established in schools and
NEIGHBOURS DAY AT neighbourhoods to promote health
8 and wellbeing and teach gardening
THE DEPOT
What: A free family event featuring skills to young and old. The
6. Lindsey Dawson 7. A passenger ferry gym classes, a pop-up museum, council also supports a number of
tied up at Hobsonville Point Wharf
lessons from genealogy experts, and community pantries, where people
8. The Catalina Bay Farmers Market can obtain donated food for free
a sausage sizzle. Local boards offer
grants of up to $200 to help put Where: Across the region
be medium density, it’s a much closer- —
knit community than most other places on events for Neighbours Day that
create connections with neighbours THE KITCHEN
in Auckland and it was really important What: A series of free events that
that it was set up with ways and means When: March 30 Where: The
Depot, Papatoetoe bring communities and writers
for people to work together.”
The society’s suburb-wide buy-in — together in neighbourhood kitchens
gives it extra resourcing and decision- LIVE LIGHTLY to celebrate our relationship with
making heft, both of which came in What: A web tool for helping food and stories Where: Albert-
handy when it turned its attention people identify the everyday Eden-Roskill and Whau areas
last year toward Hobsonville’s lack lifestyle choices they can make
—
of weekend ferries. Dawson says it to save money, and help the THE SPACE
didn’t make sense for a growth area What: A hub for young people to
environment Where: Online and at
that was home to an increasing hang out after school; a space for
number of bars and restaurants to events across Auckland
— events, study and being creative
be inaccessible by public transport Where: 4 Station Road, Manurewa
at the times most Aucklanders were THE CORNER
What: A home base for Papakura
—
out enjoying themselves. She and her
fellow committee members worked young people and a creative space DRAGON BOATING
out an agreement with Auckland for kapa haka groups, a sewing What: In March, Aucklanders were
Transport: if its members could stump group, and other community given the chance to try the sport
up $50,000, the organisation would initiatives Where: O’Shannessey Where: Westhaven Marina
combine that with a contribution from Street, Papakura
—
Hobsonville’s development company, — THE WISE COLLECTIVE
HLC, and arrange a weekend ferry trial What: A group run in partnership
KNITTING GRANNIES
for Hobsonville. with the Auckland Refugee
The decision on whether to help What: Older Aucklanders knitting
clothes and booties for newborn Community Coalition that supports
fund the trial was put to a vote at women from refugee backgrounds
the residents society’s AGM, which babies in Middlemore Hospital
Where: Pukekohe through training hubs and offering
attracted 300 people last October.
The decision to go ahead with the them opportunities to run ethnic
ferry-trial funding was carried by an THE MT ALBERT TOY LIBRARY food stalls at markets Where:
overwhelming majority. Dawson says What: A collection of kids’ toys Weekly hubs at Massey, North
the move shows the advantages of at the local library, including an Shore, Panmure and Mt Roskill
a community being able to pool its
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resources to effect meaningful change.
“It’s very unusual for a place with one
central body to be able to say, ‘Let’s
do this’. It’s also a very democratic
business. The people go along and vote
and something happens, and we all like
it,” she says.
Ferries now depart from Catalina
Bay in Hobsonville Point seven times a
day at weekends. And each one of the 10
sailings is evidence of the difference
you can make when you get a whole
community to get behind – and invest the three strands of the Waiuku River 9. Members of The Mudlarks at work
in – a single cause. surrounding the town. He got 97 per 10. Mudlark Tony Ogilvie on the barge
cent support for his cause. Before long,
Waiuku a band of locals were committed to bridge, and most importantly, radically
Ian Scobie readily admits his mangrove- making the petition’s goal a reality. changed the look of the Waiuku estuaries.
clearing mission started illegally. They called themselves The Mudlarks. Residents can now access their waterway.
When the former boatbuilder moved The group initially got council Boats, once cut off, are now seen
to Waiuku 14 years ago, he was consent to clear 9ha of mangroves. regularly in the river near the town.
disappointed the estuary behind his They set to work, cutting the plants In 2015, The Mudlarks got consent to
house was completely blocked off by a with chainsaws at low tide, then clear 75ha of mangroves over 30 years.
thick wall of mangroves, so he started carrying the wood away on a barge at The group will be around for decades
cutting. Things quickly escalated. high tide. It was arduous, physical work, yet, though Scobie himself is starting to
“Originally, I just started making a little but Scobie in particular threw himself cut back on his own work. To honour his
patch, and then I thought if I just cut a into it with unwavering dedication, efforts, his fellow Mudlarks made him a
narrow strip out to the channel, I could arriving before anyone else and cutting plaque. It had pictures of them at work
take my kayak out,” he says. for four or five hours as many mornings in the estuaries, next to some inscribed
Scobie would clear the mangroves, as he could. “I’ve sort of been more of words that apply to him, but equally to
then burn the branches in his backyard. a worker than a thinker,” he says. “I’m Ethan McCormick, Lorelle Stranaghan,
His clandestine mission had to end a builder and a boatbuilder, a farmer. Angie Tangaere, Violet Slade and the
after a neighbour, angry that their When I retired, no way was I going to thousands of other Aucklanders who
washing was coming back smelling of sit around waiting for God. So I had understand that if you love where you
smoke, reported him to the council. to find something to do. And once I live and want to improve it, you need
“The council came out and said, ‘You’ve started down there, that’s when the to put in some effort. It reads:
been a bit of a naughty boy. You’ve got obsession took over.” “A magnificent obsession.”
to stop’,” he says. It’s been 10 years since The Mudlarks
The experience inspired Scobie to formed. In that time, they’ve put
take his mission to the masses. He 45,321 man-hours into their work
set up a petition in Waiuku’s main clearing 24.6ha of mangroves. They’ve
BRYAN LOWE
street asking residents whether they worn through 17 chainsaws (the council
would support clearing some of the now gives them $10,000 a year to help
mangroves that had come to dominate with maintenance), built a wooden
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upcycle
It’s often said that one person’s
trash is another person’s treasure.
And Tara Moala, the main brain
behind waste-minimisation
social enterprise Hub Zero,
takes that saying very literally.
Hub Zero’s office is almost entirely
furnished with things other people
have thrown away. There are discarded
office chairs, and furniture made out
of old pallets. A pinboard for planning
meetings is crafted from a former office
desk divider. The table in its meeting
room is made out of two recycled doors.
On the floor, fabric offcuts are being
sewn up and converted into beanbags.
Even the cups in the kitchen are shared
with another organisation.
For Tara Moala, the coordinator at
Hub Zero, this base in a converted
warehouse behind a Panmure car yard
is a glimpse of a possible future. Her
mission is to see as many people as
possible involved in redirecting so-called throw them away. Other “seedling Tara Moala is teaching people how to find
junk away from rubbish bins and landfills tenants” include Brooke McCarthy, a new uses for old goods through Hub Zero.
and making it useful again in places Panmure mum who finds potential in
like her office. It’s a process colloquially discarded tyres, and Sorcha Conran, says. She wants more government
called “upcycling”. who is passionate about creating high- intervention to help deter the
Moala says they want people to quality products from waste. Those production of waste in the first place.
think about what they can do to reduce who can’t invest the time into being a “We need actual law to get behind us.
waste, rather than relying on recycling tenant can still come along to a range of It’s going to be illegal to give out plastic
as a first option for unwanted items. community events, from sewing bees to bags soon. We need structural change
Under current practices recycled goods a workshop on how to use power tools. like that. Penalties for people who
are generally “downcycled”, or turned The scale of the challenge facing Hub produce unnecessary waste.”
into lesser-quality goods, she says. Zero is huge. The materials it is upcycling Moala has always been passionate
For example, waste materials may be represent only a tiny percentage of about minimising waste, but it was
ground down and used in roading or the waste being diverted to landfills after she had children that she decided
construction. But some may be deemed in Panmure alone. Moala says there to devote a big chunk of her life to the
unsuitable for recycling altogether and needs to be a network of organisations cause. For her, it’s about giving them
end up in the landfill. across Auckland devoted to upcycling a decent world to inherit, and gifting
Hub Zero is trying to change that. It’s goods. She’s starting to see part of that them the same opportunities that older
devoted to building up other waste- vision fulfilled, with shops for recycled generations have enjoyed.
based social enterprises and offers materials being set up at transfer “If we keep screwing over our Earth,
space and instruction for people who stations across the city, but more needs our kids are literally not going to have an
want to reverse the direction of the to be done. Earth to use.” HAYDEN DONNELL
traditional recycling process. It currently “It’s definitely a growth area. It’s
hosts two permanent tenants – the already huge in other countries. There HUB ZERO IS SUPPORTED BY THE TAMAKI
Chinese Conservation Environmental are malls overseas where all the shops WRAP CHARITABLE TRUST AND RAKAU
PORTRAIT / REBEKAH ROBINSON
Trust and the Multi Educational Support have upcycled products. We could do TAUTOKO AND HAS BEEN FUNDED BY AUCK-
Services Trust – but it also welcomes that here, so you could go and every LAND COUNCIL THROUGH MAUNGAKIEKIE-
community groups and locals working single thing you buy is upcycled.” TAMAKI LOCAL BOARD AND THE WASTE
toward waste minimisation. Its newest But even if upcycling goes MINIMISATION AND INNOVATION FUND.
tenant is Team Eco Repair, a group of mainstream, it won’t be enough on APPLICATIONS FOR THE FUND ARE NOW
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POIGNANT NEW FIELD OF
REMEMBRANCE THIS ANZAC DAY
A new Field of Remembrance consisting of 171 crosses
will be placed in Auckland Domain as part of the RSA’s
Anzac Day commemorations this year.
New Zealand historian Dr Stephen Clarke says 170
of the crosses will honour service personnel who died
during the South African War of 1899-1902, World
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A massive line-up of Day commemorates those who died overseas, it is
family entertainment, appropriate also to remember those men and women
circus acts, carnival rides, who died here during the New Zealand Wars, which
sideshows, exhibits and had such significant impact on our history.”
an A&P Show. The Auckland RSA is pleased this new field of
ASB Showgrounds, Epsom crosses will help Aucklanders remember the sacrifice
of these Kiwis – Māori and Pākehā – killed during a
defining part of our history and nationhood.
Mayor Phil Goff says Auckland Council is proud to
support the RSA every year with its Anzac Day events,
including more than 80 services and parades.
“It’s fitting and timely to see these 171 new crosses
widen our lens this Anzac Day as we remember also
80,000 of our men and women who survived World
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